Cleaned and proofed the soft top. With hindsight this is a job better done before you wash the car!
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Fitted a servo bracing bracket. Gave it a coat of black paint first to make it look like original equipment.
Simple job by MG standards just a few basic tools and a working knowledge of Magnetic Anti Gravity Induction Components, I used the Black version to match the bracket.
It would have been so much easier if the bolts through the air intake / bulkhead had been retained by captive nuts. I could get a spanner underneath to undo them but with the bracket in place it blocks access to the nuts. I thought about inserting the bolts from underneath but I didn't think that looked tidy or OE. Much head scratching and colourful language later it finally went together. Only lost a small amount of blood from the back of my hand catching on the edge of the paper thin cover in the front.
Does it work? Well yes a bit, the pedal is a touch firmer, it's not a huge improvement but I suppose any improvement to the brakes is a good thing.
Worth it? Probably, for the job satisfaction more than anything else.
Would I recommend it. Oh yes, but only if you enjoy a challenge. (I suppose that's a given if you own a TF anyway).
The finished job.
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Simple job by MG standards just a few basic tools and a working knowledge of Magnetic Anti Gravity Induction Components, I used the Black version to match the bracket.
It would have been so much easier if the bolts through the air intake / bulkhead had been retained by captive nuts. I could get a spanner underneath to undo them but with the bracket in place it blocks access to the nuts. I thought about inserting the bolts from underneath but I didn't think that looked tidy or OE. Much head scratching and colourful language later it finally went together. Only lost a small amount of blood from the back of my hand catching on the edge of the paper thin cover in the front.
Does it work? Well yes a bit, the pedal is a touch firmer, it's not a huge improvement but I suppose any improvement to the brakes is a good thing.
Worth it? Probably, for the job satisfaction more than anything else.
Would I recommend it. Oh yes, but only if you enjoy a challenge. (I suppose that's a given if you own a TF anyway).
The finished job.
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In the latest instalment of making the damm thing stop better I have just fitted a big back brake disc kit as produced by William Naylor. Dead easy to fit, straight bolt on job.
Haven't driven it much yet and the new pads will need a bit of bedding in but it all seems very positive.
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New and old side by side.
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Before.
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After.
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Haven't driven it much yet and the new pads will need a bit of bedding in but it all seems very positive.
New and old side by side.
Before.
After.
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